For an exact match it's faster to wrap the term inside quote marks: "Milwaukee Harbor" will get just that result, rather than all harbors.
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Welcome
Enter any phrase or name to the search field, such as lighthouse names, location, person's names, etc.
Collections / Donors
- American Lighthouse Foundation [77]
- Donations of National Archives Miscellaneous Research [17]
- Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper's Association [55]
- Herb Entwistle Postcard Collection [1756]
- Jeremy D'Entremont Collection [389]
- John Graham Collections [103]
- Kraig Anderson Inventory of Lighthouse Personnel [17433]
- Library of Congress [106]
- National Archives [2623]
- National Park Service [176]
- Penobscot Marine Museum Collection [29]
- Robert Bachand Collection [5]
- Society Archives [2206]
- Data Created by Society [547]
- THE KEEPER'S LOG [301]
- Suffolk River Heritage Collection [103]
- U.S. Coast Guard [91]
- U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office [975]
- U.S. Lighthouse Service BULLETIN [6]
Places
- Depot [85]
- Fog Signal Station [2]
- House of refuge [1]
- Lifesaving Station [1]
- Light Station [1152]
- Lightship Station [135]
- Minor Aid to Navigation [249]
- Museum [43]
- Non-Government ATON [4]
- Private (Faux) Lighthouse [13]
- Replica [13]
Objects
- Air Vents [17]
- Atomic Generator [1]
- Barns [42]
- Boat Houses [39]
- Buoys [7]
- Center support post [2]
- Cisterns [21]
- Clockwork Weight [16]
- Clockwork Weight Pit [3]
- Clockwork Weight Tube [15]
- Clockworks [45]
- Deeds [17]
- Electrical Generators - Compressors [38]
- Engines [4]
- Fog Signals [195]
- Fresnel Lenses [448]
- Garage [5]
- Interpretive sign [28]
- Keeper's Dwellings [276]
- Lanterns [377]
- LED Array [3]
- Oil Storage [175]
- Optics General [24]
- Pedestals [70]
- Privys [36]
- Radio Systems [7]
- Reflectors [8]
- Screw Piles [8]
- Site Maps [4]
- Stairways [93]
- Tramways [36]
- Trucks [4]
People
- Caretakers [2]
- Engineers [220]
- Inspectors [352]
- Light Keeper [16163]
- Light Keeper and Tender Personnel [5]
- Lighthouse District Personnel [1]
- Lighthouse Service [222]
- Lightship Personnel [252]
- Other Lighthouse Personnel [470]
- Relief Keeper [1]
- Superintendents [44]
- Tender Personnel [895]
- U.S. Lighthouse Board [92]
Vessels
- Lightship [174]
- Small Craft [11]
- Tender (buoy and/or lighthouse) [244]
- Utility Vessel [48]